freedom ˈfriːdəm/ noun
“Because to take away a man’s freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.”
― Madeleine L’Engle
Kapadokya, Goreme, Turkey. – In the fight to choose their own religion, many escaping Christians chose to carve out shelters, houses and churches in the naturally formed canyon hills and unusual rock formations that were created by strong winds, flood waters and lava flows.
Throughout the region, these places were carved and shaped and turned into villages and religious sites.. Pretty amazing.
On top of the amazing places to hike and visit, many hotels in town have carved out rooms to sleep in and it’s all quite beautiful.
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Thanks for this post. We may never get to Turkey, so we are loving this post showing us the cathedrals and other places of worship. Here’s hoping your holidays are wonderful and you have a great new year ahead. Bert and Rusha
If you do ever get to travel.. this is one of my favorite places.. such a cool place from Istanbul to Ankara.. Have a great year as well!!
That is an amazing place.
It truly was amazing. I would love to go back!!!
Fascinating. Turkey’s one of two countries in the world that I most desire to visit and have yet to do so. Place fascinates for some reason …
I would highly recommend it. From Ankara to Istanbul, it was one of my favorite places to go. Also, congrats on your first year of blogging. Great posts on your site.
Ahh, thanks rfljenksy. (Actually, it’s about my 8th year of blogging, interspersed with breaks and different blogs along the way.) Glad you enjoy the writing. 🙂
Wow, this is just fascinating — Turkey looks like such a culturally rich place to travel.
I just came back from visiting this open air museum in Goreme! Fun to go back through your photos!